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Tufa towers: Mono Lakes whimsical touch
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Photo contributed The tufa towers along the South Tufa Trail at Mono Lake.
By DENNIS WYATT 209 staff reporter LEE VINING — Walk along the shores of Mono Lake and you’ll be struck by two oddities of nature you won’t find anywhere else in California. First, there are the brine flies. Each step you take, they swarm up from the ground and buzz your ankles without ever making landing on you.